> From: chexsix@mac.com
> To: gsp-l@shorthairs.net
> Subject: Re: [gsp-l] What is a breeder's "line?"
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:32:08 -0500
>
> On Oct 17, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Donna Ray wrote: "We are having an
> interesting discussion on the border terrier list about what
> constitutes a breeder's "line." I'd like to know what folks here have
> to say."
>
> This is how my father explained inbreeding and outcross. (My family
> primarily bred hunting dogs and performance horses(Quarter and
> Thoroughbred).
>
> Inbreeding is sire/daughter - dam/son - half sibling/half sibling -
> full sibling/full sibling - uncle or aunt/niece-nephew with each half
> of the pedigree being doubled up on...
>
> Outcrossing was to breed two animals that had no common relatives on
> either side of the pedigree.
>
> Use of kennel names can be misleading if one doesn't know who actually
> bred the dogs, how many pups were in a litter, who bought them and
> what if any kennel name was used when they were registered. For
> example: Annaconti's Levi Garrett. How many GSP folks would recognize
> the Annaconti kennel name? Yet this dog came from two very
> recognizable kennel/bloodlines Weinland and Lieblinghaus.
>
> Inbreeding is not for the faint of heart as any problems in the
> genetic make-up will usually surface relatively quick. On the flip
> side it can also bring forth desired results as well.
>
> About the Argentina litter...If her bitch shares no common relatives
> with the rest of the dogs in the pedigree, "the lady doth protest too
> much..."
>
> Patte Titus
> CheckSix Shorthairs
>
>
>
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